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Also we have the bottom bottom of the roster in the league. We can definitely improve that.

Shows how polarizing he is.

Gettlemagic!

Pulling for him? fug that. He genuinely earned a roster spot, IMO.

It's one of the few. Butker is the other that comes to mind.

I will take that wager. I suspect he will never total 1200 yards receiving for the rest of his NFL career. Another in a long line of Panthers busts.

Name them.

Just a PSA for most Huddlers that haven't paid attention to the last 20ish years of the NFL, if a team is giving up on a top three round guy in the first three years of their career, it's not a good sign.

Did you know that is only 25 and multiple teams have already given up on him? Did you know that proven bust Sam Darnold is only 27?

Wait....you mean our trash still isn't treasure??? Imagine that!

No real big surprises so far.

Limit of five, per CBA.

Maybe. That still remains to be seen. They definitely seem to be further along, albeit in one case just due to injury. I believe Brooks is the most pro-ready but RB generally has far less of a learning curve than most positions.

Depending on the scenario, sure. Get him up to speed with the team/scheme. If we have one of our RB's really rolling at that point, no reason to slow that down. Get him into the rotation, maybe. Or if our running game has been fairly pedestrian to that point, maybe see if he can inject some life into it.

Had he been healthy, I would have been upset to spend a top two round pick on a RB. To spend it on a guy coming off a serious injury that cannot play is even more frustrating. Oh well, it is what it is. Hopefully we can get a full rookie contract out of him and he is very productive before moving on. It just seems so very Panthers to keep making these kind of mistakes over and over.

It just depends on timeline. It seems like he might be behind schedule and if that is indeed the case, there is no reason to rush. He has basically gotten zero reps with the team and if he isn't back until Week 8 or later, really what is the point unless we have a spate of injuries at RB? Not that I care tremendously but there is a point where I am not sure we are really doing him a service by just throwing him out there. Not particularly invested in what happens in that regard, provided that he is actually completely healthy. If we put him out there too soon and he blows the knee out again, now that scenario will be extremely infuriating.

Well we also had much better caliber players at that time too so although he was an older vet guy to a fault, he did usually have some decent ammo. This is a different animal. This roster is fuging horrible, so we are going to get to see all these fringe players, rookies and raw material get a lot more reps than normal. Yes it will suck in the sense that our defense is likely to struggle to be consistent over the course of the season but as long as our FO doesn't end up being lightspeed retarded(TBD) then we will get extended looks at a lot of guys in our two deep to see what we have and whether they are worth developing or replacing. Hence why I keep saying I am not going to get super wound up about the W's and L's this year. I want to see evidence we have w coaching staff that is capable of putting together a winning gameplan. I want to see that our FO isn't utterly incompetent. If we can tick those two boxes, everything is good. We just have to take some lumps over the next few seasons while we rebuild this pile of ash into a real franchise again.

IMO, yes because I don't really view our WR corps as containing any two deep caliber WR's outside Johnson and 108 year old AT. There is certainly no equivalent of Hill/Jackson/etc. There is DEFINITELY no equivalent for Horn. OLB/EDGE is just gonna have to be a "figure it out" group this season. But, younger guys like Barno and DJ Johnson will get a lot of reps and we can see if they need to be cut loose/upgraded next offseason or not. It's not all bad because of that.

Honestly, just stash him on season ending IR. It isn't that relevant. We have enough decent production there. Let him heal up and be at 100% in 2025.

No. It will be much funnier when he doesn't get cut.

Why did I say that? Humor. Why did he say that? You will have to explain that to me, as well. I mean, I guess in theory there are a large group of WR's after our top two that are fairly similar in quality level. I am not sure I would call that "deep." He is definitely seeing something different than I am.

This is why I said much earlier in the offseason I felt like the defense will take a step back from last season. I don't blame Evero for it. They really gave him a tough unit to work with. Thin just about everywhere. But, we will have a lot of opportunities to evaluate the younger guys due to attrition, I am sure. Hopefully we get some hits out of that group.

We have multiple units in a stiff competition for "weakest." WR is definitely up there. CB is thin but if we were healthy the top end is better than our WR group.

He meant "weakest." He just misspoke.

Unfortunately TMJ has basically no value. DE's are higher tier value so it would probably have to be a guy that isn't likely to make a roster or some sort of rift between player/franchise.